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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
actually kacir brings up an good point, it could be quite interesting to see how non-us citizens *would* vote in this election, if they could. i know in france a lot of people are talking about it and on the radio i heard a lot of interviews with french people saying who they would vote for.
kacir, if you make a poll for non-us citizens, i'll "vote" in it and i'm sure a lot of other people would too ! then we can compare at the end !
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Me being non-american I do live here. I put that I didn't vote, but wouldn't mind sharing that I would vote for McCain if I could,with the best of American Economy in mind.
I personally think Obama has lots of change, and different ideas, but not all of those ideas will lead to a better future. Fact is I'm pretty much against a lot of his ideas, and believe that USA in 4 years from here will be in a ton worse condition than it is now.
Reason being, I just moved from Belgium to USA about 6 months ago. In Belgium already a political party like Obama is in power, and really is bringing the whole economy of Belgium (not Europe) down.
I fear that happening here as well.
A lot of ideas seem good in the short run, but in the long run will only cause harm.
However, now that obama has been selected, I am not worried more.
When McCain would have gained power USA would slowly lose economic balance. With Obama, in my idea, it'll gain a quick bit, and then drop drastically. I think McCain is more an industry & economy person, Obama a people's person.
But maybe that's just my own opinion about the whole election thing.
I'm grateful we have a president, that's for sure, and can only pray to God that the new direction the USA (not my own country but I do see it as my own) is going to, will do benefit the country and the world for the better...
About other countries, not all other countries wish the best for USA, and maybe in wrong motives wish for the worst (which I'm not saying that Obama is).. So as a foreigner living in USA, I have my preference, but hope for the better of the states!
I think Obama has a wonderful chance to either gain people's confidence, and destroy racial barriers and prejudges, or, stir up an enormous flood of racism if what the rumors say that he'll sell out his country for the worse (which I expect not to happen).
Either way, for me it would be more beneficial if McCain would win, and that's probably where most of us are(selecting a candidate where we ourselves would benefit most from).